Game 29 - Nets vs. Spurs - Saturday, February 11, 8:00 p.m.
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PrintThe Spurs are starting to roll. They've won the first two games of their Rodeo Tour, the annual road trip necessitated by the presence of a rodeo at the AT&T Arena in San Antonio. Tony Parker is leading the Spurs, averaging 28.4 points over the first five games in February, including games of 42 and 37. To make matters worse for the Nets, expect Manu Ginobili back Saturday.
"We are starting to play the way we want to play for longer periods of time," said Tim Duncan of the now 18-9 Spurs. "As long as we can continue to do that, we will be okay".
For the Nets, injuries and illnesses have finally caught up with them. The team hasn't had more than 10 players in uniform since January 29, seven games ago.They've tried a season record of 14 starting lineups and two players are likely out for the season. It's a downward spiral that shows no bottoming out.
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If Lin keeps this up, Knicks might enter
Dwight sweepstakes. I don’t know whether anybody mentioned this but Melo is expendable if Lin keeps this up. Knicks can offer Melo, Chandler, Fields or Shumpert for Dwight, Hedo and Duhan. That works for both organizations. This is bad for Nets and believe it or not we helped them to start this by letting Lin score at will against us.
Official Member of the "DO NOT ABUSE BROOK LOPEZ" Movement
Please don't put Knicks and Dwight in the same sentence
This season has been devastating enough to even think about such a nightmare.
by nynjlawyer on Feb 11, 2012 9:18 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
that's not going to happen unless deron gets traded to the knicks, and that's not going to happen unless..... that's just not going to happen
excuse my bad english please
This could very well happen. Just look for this idea to come up in mainstream media
soon. Melo doesn’t fit well with Knicks. Amare fits perfectly well. He may have found his Nash in Lin.
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This just in:
Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard
Lin & Amare will b great fit. ? Is how will Melo fit in with this?
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I totally agree with this.
Lin is perfect for Amare. Melo is a ball stopper.
I think Lin will play much worse when Melo and Amare come back. The ball has been in his hands for a majority of the time in his last 4 games. When the stars come back, i expect Lin’s numbers to drop in every way. Carmelo will handle the ball more than Lin, Amare will be in isolation situations, and Chandler will be getting put backs. He’s going to become that point guard who is asked to control the ball, the tempo, and take a few open shots; this type of play just simply won’t be able to continue upon the return of Anthony and Stoudemire, IMO.
yea but who says dwight wants to play with lin and amare?
excuse my bad english please
Just stop
Go work for ESPN if you want to talk scenarios like this.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 11, 2012 9:41 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Just wait and see
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Dwight would have to agree to go play Jeremy Lin and believe he can win a chip with him
Otherwise he won’t resign with them which is why dwight has all the leverage in all this.
Would dwight change his mind based on 4 great game by a player?
by sipitioking on Feb 11, 2012 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
SHUT UP AVERY!
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Avery last night: “There’s no rocket science. We’re undersized and we’re not athletic. …This is pretty much who we are.”
Dwight or bust....
Superbowl or bust...
Fire him please. I m tired of his attitude n not calling out his team
by NetsYankee on Feb 11, 2012 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Do what? Change what? He told the truth...
They are undersized. Thy are not athletic. What speed do we have? He cannot create a miracle with this bunch
by aug93 on Feb 11, 2012 9:26 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Rec. I actually think he's being very honest and blunt.
2011-2012 season prediction: 22-44
And I'm fine with that. One of the original leaders of the "Dwight Howard, not Nono Hilario" movement.
4th worst record in the league
with the worst talent in the league
Fratello
Calipari. Larry Brown.
We missed out on Thibodeau and Adelman, but good coaches do become available.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 11, 2012 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
So you want a coach to be unprofessional?
He’s calling his players who are professional athletes “unathletic” — that’s not enough for you?
2011-2012 season prediction: 22-44
And I'm fine with that. One of the original leaders of the "Dwight Howard, not Nono Hilario" movement.
Avery is too worried about keeping his job, instead of doing his job.
But can you blame him? Yes he needs to call out his team. Including dwill. But that would not make dwill happy. And right now, the nets are all about making dwill happy…
I have absolutely no idea why you are all mad.
That statement is the truth.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Feb 11, 2012 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
30 point blowout
Junk Basketball. Nets make me sick. I don’t know why I became a nets fan from a laker fan 12 years back.
lol
I feel the same way sometimes. I became a Net fan from a Magic fan 4 years ago. Down hill ever since
by brickznujerz on Feb 11, 2012 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
My parents switched from the Nets game to the Knicks game last night.
I wont’ be watching this one. Perhaps Prokhorov should be worried that a lame-duck season could turn Nets fans into Knicks fans. Hopefully we get Dwight, but until then I’d rather watch Jeremy Lin.
Timeless - The 2001-2003 NJ Nets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nima3dmLrcw
someday we are all going to be once again happy to be nets fans.
its not like we are not the only organization that has down years.
MARSHON!!!!!!
it's not that common to be one of the worst/or worst team in the nba for 4 straght years
by brickznujerz on Feb 11, 2012 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
or to keep your fans agonizing
over who we MIGHT get for 3 years.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 11, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
Isn’t it amazing how in order for the knicks to win 4 in a row, they're 2 "superstars" needed to be on the bench...
Running after multiple superstars is not always the answer. Just ask denver. The only thing that may slow them down is a losing Gallo.
how hard is our (ridiculously) poor play lowering our chances of getting dwight?
excuse my bad english please
It has no effect whatsoever imo
2011-2012 season prediction: 22-44
And I'm fine with that. One of the original leaders of the "Dwight Howard, not Nono Hilario" movement.
Another loss - and Avery has lost the team
Another game, another underwhelming performance by the bums. Hump, Morrow and DWill are pros and should have more pride than what I have seen. Morrow is invisible unless his shot is on. DWill has horrible leadership if things go wrong he scowls and pouts and puts on the poor me. And Hump is just plan over-matched and out of his league against taller and more athletic bigs. Besides DWill there is not a starter on this team. Lopez yes, but the rest are at the end of most benches. Their or their coaches BBIQ is very low: they cannot guard a pick and roll!!!!!! They cannot stop dribble penetration!!! What can they do? Parker will eat them up. 3 lost years in a row and we hang on this thread that Dwight will be our savior. Looks less and less likely with each day that goes by. Avery has lost this team
0 energy is avery's fault? What is he supposed to do spike their drinks with red bull?
This team is a result of going all in for Dwight Howard. Period!
the team is playing without any inspiration...
it is averys job to give energy
Dwight or bust....
Superbowl or bust...
Are you serious? How can you give inspiration to a bunch of players who do not expect to be there next year?
Some don’t know if they will be traded this year. Everyone on the team knows they are a pawn except for Dwill. How do you inspire that?
Guys who are supposed to be third stringers are exhausted from being asked to play starters mins in an abnormally condensed season.
They are exhausted.
2011-2012 season prediction: 22-44
And I'm fine with that. One of the original leaders of the "Dwight Howard, not Nono Hilario" movement.
How does Dwight look less likely? Because we lost 4 in a row?
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 11, 2012 9:45 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Last night's starting lineup: Dwill, J. Farmar, Sheldon Williams, Morrow, Hump
This is one of the most undersized, un-athletic and least talented starting lineups in the league. Who the hell can win with this?
it's not only one of the but THE must undersized, un-athletic starting lineup in the leauge
excuse my bad english please
Exactly...
So what is avery supposed to do. Start Shawne Williams? Risk starting Marshon on a bad toe? People have to be realistic. This team sucks because the players suck…
by aug93 on Feb 11, 2012 9:48 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
if we would play with energy we still should have won against the pistons
and the coach has to get them to play with energy
excuse my bad english please
Detroit is healthy now.
Which is the problem.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 11, 2012 9:53 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Win? Win????????
we didn’t even begin to contest the game. We were down by 30 in the 3rd quarter. Winning doesn’t even enter into it.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 11, 2012 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
And as I just said in a comment above...
It’s hrd to energize players who are waiting to be either cut or traded…
we still have deron williams
wich makes up for a lot of talent for our other players. You can’t possibly think that the Pistons are that much better than us. The lack of energy is killing us right now. We can’t let this go on for the rest of the season. Something has to change at this point. We can’t get new players so get a new coach an bring in some fresh energy.
excuse my bad english please
^^^^^ Real talk right here
2011-2012 season prediction: 22-44
And I'm fine with that. One of the original leaders of the "Dwight Howard, not Nono Hilario" movement.
Bright side?
A very high lottery pick. Unless it’s traded for “you know who” = )
by Pinoy Nets on Feb 11, 2012 9:45 AM EST via mobile reply actions
that's has been the only bright side for a few years
excuse my bad english please
This season has been a wash
The way I look at it, it’s best to look forward to other positive things rather than dwell on the negatives at this point. This season has been dedicated to getting Dwight, although I did not expect it to be this bad, at least I have 2 things to look forward to. Both being a franchise changing scenario, DH12 coming or a very talented draft pick to build on or, if we’re extremely lucky, we get both!!!
by Pinoy Nets on Feb 11, 2012 10:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Why are we still talking about Jeremy Lin?
I understand bringing him up last night but there is no reason for me to wake up and see the second post of this thread with his name in it. Get off the guys fortune cookies and let’s worry about our own mess instead of obsessing over the Knicks recent success. The Nets are about to lose 5 straight. This team is exhausted and mentally lost right now. That should be the topic of conversation.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 11, 2012 9:51 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Mobile reply fail
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 11, 2012 9:52 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Skip over the post.
If you don’t like it do t read it. It’s the freaking Internet. It’s basketball related and Net related because Projy made it become Net related he said Knicks fans will be Net fans. Knicks got lucky but the kid is a baller and is exciting, if you love basketball you appreciate Jeremy Lin.
Do we have to talk about him all the time
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 11, 2012 10:45 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
The entire NBA is talking about Jeremy Lin
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Here is the bottom line, if we want dwight, this is what it's going to cost...
1-Bring in a bunch of (not so good) players who you do not expect to keep so you can keep cap room…
2- Lose a lot so you can have a high draftpick to offer orlando
3- give up whatever decent assets you have in order to put in the trade package for dwight…
right now im expecting dwight to come here and still suck, then deron and dwight both leave and we have nothing
hard to be optimistic right now
That won't happen
Dwill is gonna be motivated with dwight here
Dwight will also fix alot of the problems this tem has
by sipitioking on Feb 11, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
This is one of the worst weeks as a Nets fan
everything is going wrong. Everything!
Brooklyn we go hard...
by Fabio Villani on Feb 11, 2012 9:59 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Agreed.
Turned the game off at Halftime and actually watched the Knicks play and became excited by watching a Knick player. Shoot me now
Jeremy Lin is reverse Mikhail Prokhorov
he is turning Nets fans into Knick fans.
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
More like . . .
Nets fans turning into Lin fans. = )
by Pinoy Nets on Feb 11, 2012 10:14 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
the thing about jeremy lin is that we're losing the asian NY area based fans. and there's a lot.
when we move, they will still be attracted to the knicks.
I dunno, maybe playing a strong WC team will cause this team to actually improve their play...
win or lose, I’m hoping to see a major jump in the energy, because that’s been more than half the problem.
Maybe starting Jordan Williams...
alongside Humphries would give some needed energy.
for the right of watching tv broadcasted nets games...
...then there is this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_WnDUoej6A
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
Almost there Dwight
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
by eLonepb on Feb 11, 2012 10:10 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
i don't get it
excuse my bad english please
He is finding a route to China
town, Brooklyn, NYC, USA
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Feb 11, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
i dont get why garnett and pierce are laughing
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by netsareboss on Feb 11, 2012 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
they feel his pain?
they were stuck on awful teams as well
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KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
by YoungMoney24 on Feb 11, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
not the magic are awful
though
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KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
by YoungMoney24 on Feb 11, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
Watching the Knicks game
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KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
He's good
in the sense that he gets his team pumped. Every little thing he does right now gets his team hyped, and he’s gotten help from the media, putting him in a positive light. I’m not saying he’s terrible, he could be a decent starter on any team from what I’ve seen. He’s just not the future All-Star they make him out to be…yet.
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by netsareboss on Feb 11, 2012 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
agree we have to see a bigger sample size
but the dude was absolutely amazing last night
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KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
by YoungMoney24 on Feb 11, 2012 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
I only watched the 4th quarter
my brothers, Nets fans, said he was really good and were rooting for the Knicks because
“The Nets aren’t going to win the division anyway”….
i almost cried
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by netsareboss on Feb 11, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
not really nets fans i guess
his first half was amazing. kept it going the whole game.
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KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
by YoungMoney24 on Feb 11, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
yeah they're young
i gotta reconvince them into real Nets fans.
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by netsareboss on Feb 11, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
if dwight comes they'll gladly be nets fans
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KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
by YoungMoney24 on Feb 11, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
against an old team playing off a 1 point, hard fought, overtime victory.
let’s see how he does when he’s at everybody’s scouting report.
for the right of watching tv broadcasted nets games...
Here are the stats of the last couple PGs to play the Lakers
Lin 13-23, 38 pts., 7A 4RB
Rondo -7/13, 14 pts., 7A, 2 RB
Holiday -6/12, 13 pts., 6A, 3RB
D. Harris -0/6, 1pt, 3A, 0RB
Lawson -6-12, 14 pts., 7A, 3RB + A. Miller – 5/6, 16 pts., 7A, 3RB
K. Walker -4/11, 12 pts., 6A, 6RB
Rubio -2/13, 5 pts., 8A, 4RB
Jennings -6/14, 12 pts., 7A, 3RB
C. Paul (2 games)– 12/22, 33 pts., 6A, 4RB + 2-8, 4 pts., 12A, 4RB
Collison -4/8, 12 pts., 7A, 4RB
J. Nelson -6/12, 17 pts., 9A, 2RB
Chalmers -3/9, 10 pts., 6A, 0RB
Give Lin some credit.
they have the worst starting PG in the league
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KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
by YoungMoney24 on Feb 11, 2012 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
yeah i just looked at their schedule and this is going to go on for some time
they either play poor teams or teams that have no perimeter defense.
I’m just waiting for them to play the pacers, celtics, magic, hawks, bulls, sixers, clippers, blazers, thunder, or grizzlies to finally test the barometer
seriously, deron with Shelden and Jordan behind him, Devin Harris with Al Jefferson behind him, Derek Fisher and Steve Blake. Pick and Roll is not 1-on-1 and he is benefiting from playing aginst poor frontcourt defenders except for last night when the Lakers have one of the worst backcourt defenses in the league
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by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Feb 11, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
he's playing well. who knew he'd be so good? It's not likey he's a cocky superstar either.
That kid is humble and he answers. ppl on PTI said he wouldn’t get 20. well he dropped 38. I think people just hate him for the hype he’s getting, but to hate him as a player doesn’t really make sense
I hate the knicks so much
and coming here is getting annoying why are we all talking about them? screw Lin, amare, melo, and the rest of those bums. stay positive we’ve had a bad couple seasons but were going to brooklyn. LETS GO NETS!!
say what you want
jeremy lin is possibly the greatest new york sports story of our lifetime
PERIOD
imagine something extremely witty here
i do give the boy respect though he came from no where...
just hate the knicks haha
I don't mind his story
I like people coming from nowhere and being humble and being boss
its just that he’s on the Knicks… and right when we were going to Brooklyn
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by netsareboss on Feb 11, 2012 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
Jesus, man
4 games
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 11, 2012 11:10 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
i dont know i'm not old but uh
seen Mark Messier, Jeter, El Duque, Giants ending 18-0, oh and Brett’s defunct Levi zipper
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
Use em and throw em away, see a pro a day is essential. If you want a piece of the rock, trick, go to Prudential
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Feb 11, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
I fell sorry for those players...
they were giving their best effort but it’s starting to be too much of a burden for them.
Shelden should have been a spark off the bench, J-Will and Marshoon the energy guys and Okur… sigh.
I kind of agree with Billy, they play hard in a season that, so far, has been unfair to these Nets most than any other team and that’s all you can ask for.
for the right of watching tv broadcasted nets games...
Ya know, the Nets are the ones that turned this into a Knicks vs. Nets thing.
We deserve all the Lin we can handle.
no benefit to watching but if you are going at least hope their is some Latina or French Eye Candy in the crowd
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
Use em and throw em away, see a pro a day is essential. If you want a piece of the rock, trick, go to Prudential
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Feb 11, 2012 12:09 PM EST reply actions
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